Bracelet-link.



A. HADLEY.

BRACELET LINK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5. 1914. RENEWED 1AM. 4.1916.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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unto.

BRACELET-LINK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 218, 1916.

Application filed November 5, 1914, Serial No. 870,398. Renewed January4, 1916. Serial No. 70,309.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Am HADLEY, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bracelet- Links, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbracelet links, and pertains more particularly to. a link employed in anexpansible bracelet of the type disclosed in Patent No. 1115336, issuedOctober 27, 1914, to C. L. Rhodes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a link for braceletsin which same can be made from stock plated on four sides withoutexposing the raw edge.

Still further, the invention aims to provide a link which can be easilyand quickly made and which is possessed of maximum strength.

Still further and other objects of the invention will be hereinafterreferred to and manifested in the course of the following specification.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the blank from which the link is formed, and Fig. 5 is asimilar view of the blank from which clasp or coupling is formed.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a blank 1 isemployed which is of strip-like form as shown in Fig. 4. The ends of theblank are of T-shape, that is to say, side extensions 2 are produced atthe ends of the blank, preferably by swaging. The blank is first bentinto the somewhat elliptical shape shown in Fig. 1, the extreme edges ofthe ends of the blank abutting or meeting on a line 3, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, and 3.

The clasp or coupling consists of a blank 7 4 of H-shape which is placedon the interior of the link and has its four arms 5 project- .ing aboveand below the top and bottom sides of the link, and in engagement withthe end extensions 2, after which the arms 5 are bent toward one anotherso as to embrace or surround the extensions 2, as depicted in thedrawings. Since the arms 5 engage the top and bottom sides of the linksas clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be apparent that the couplingisprevented from having lateral movement relative to the link. It willfurther be apparent that the coupling acts to brace the jointed end ofthe link, and also provides a means whereby the link is formed withoutthe use of solder.

The link is used for the same purpose as the link 2 shown in Figs. 1 and2 of the aforementioned patent.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a bracelet link, a link body formed of astrip-like link having an extension on each side of each end thereof,the extremities of the ends of the blank being engaged with each other,and a coupling of H-shape engaged on the inner face of said end of thelink and having the arms thereof bent over the extensions and toward oneanother and disposed on the outer face of said end of the blank.

2. In a bracelet link, a link body having side extensions on its ends,the ends of the link being engaged with each other, and a coupling whichembraces the extensions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ART HADLEY.

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

Gopies or this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner or ratenta. Washington, D. G.

